With teams having played an uneven number of games heading into the NBA's restart next month, the league will determine the order in the standings by winning percentage, league sources tell ESPN's Tim Bontemps.

The NBA plans to go to Disney World next month to finish a season, with a schedule calling for the 22 remaining teams to play more than 150 more games and for the league to eventually crown a champion.

With a core that has been intact longer than most of their West rivals to go with a fitter and more "athletic" Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray says the Denver Nuggets are ready to show that they can emerge from Orlando with an NBA championship.

Adam Silver, in an appearance on TNT's "Inside the NBA" Thursday night, said there is a chance that older NBA head coaches won't be able to be on the bench when the league resumes play due to concerns about the coronavirus.

After 11 seasons with the Oklahoma City Thunder, Russell Westbrook has adapted quickly to a new environment with the Houston Rockets and brought an improved level of efficiency to his game, says Sky Sports NBA analyst Mike Tuck.

Owners decide to resume season in Orlando by 29-1 vote
Approval by players’ union is widely viewed as formality
The National Basketball Association is set to become the first major North American sports league to resume play after the league’s board of governors approved a 22-team format for restarting the season in late July at the Disney campus near Orlando, Florida.
ESPN reported the vote was 29-1 in favor of the proposal with only the Portland Trail Blazers dissenting.

Drew Brees has been criticised by several high-profile sports stars including team-mate Michael Thomas and NBA star LeBron James after saying he will "never agree with anybody disrespecting the flag of the United States of America".

The NBA has told the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) it will present a 22-team plan for restarting the season to the league's board of governors on Thursday, a person with knowledge of the situation said.

Eight regular-season games will decide playoff seedings
2019-20 champion will be decided no later than 12 October
The NBA is set to become the first major North American sports league to make a return to action, with play scheduled to resume on 31 July, according to multiple reports.
The NBA season was stopped due to the Covid-19 pandemic in March but the league’s board of governors have approved a plan that will see the 22 teams still in playoff contention travel to Disney World in Orlando to play eight regular-season games.

The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame was gearing up for a great year: not just the all-but-certain election of NBA superstars like Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett and Tim Duncan, but also a chance to unveil a completely renovated museum.

Though it's considered a long shot to pass, the NBA's top-seeded teams are internally discussing ways to exchange the home-court advantage they lost due to the pandemic for alternative advantages in the playoffs, sources told ESPN.

As US President Donald Trump vowed to return order to America's streets using the military if widespread violence isn't quelled, one NBA Hall of Fame player says that the rioting that is taking place all across the country is "the voices of people who have no voice."

Resuming the NBA season with the top 22 teams in July remains the most probable option for the league, but several small-market clubs want all 30 teams to be involved in resuming the 2019-2020 season, according to reports.

When NBA journeyman Stephen Jackson met George Floyd -- a 6-foot-6 former basketball player himself -- for the first time, the resemblance between the two of them was so striking that both men figured they might be related.

Commissioner Adam Silver sent an internal memo to NBA office employees Sunday in which he condemned racism and police brutality while noting that recent protests serve as a reminder "that there are wounds in our country that have never healed."

Six-time NBA champion makes rare political statement
Protests have engulfed America over last week
Michael Jordan has released a statement on the death of George Floyd, calling out “ingrained racism” in the United States.
“I am deeply saddened, truly pained and plain angry,” wrote Jordan in a statement posted by the Charlotte Hornets, the NBA team he owns.